Anders ponten



(No Model.)

A. PONTEN.

GARMENT LOOK.

No. 339,208. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

BWENTOR a f MMUM/W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

ANDERS PONTEN, OF NEW YORK, NDY.

GARMENT-LOCK.

@PBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,208. dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed September 4,1385. Serial No. l76,173. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDERs PoN'rEN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Locks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,formingapart of this specification,in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1. is a front elevation of one of my improved garment-locks shown locked. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same shown unlocked, and with the face cap-plate removed and the connecting-rivet in section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same shown locked, and with the faceplate removed and the conheating-rivets in section. Fig. 4 is the same view as Fig. 3, but shown unlocked. Fig. 5 is sectional elevation of the same complete, taken through the line .50 :10, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is an elevation of one of the cap-plates, showing its inner side. Fig. 7 is a plan view of one of the click-springs.

The object of this invention is to provide improved garment-locks for securing coats, hats, umbrellas, and other articles to clotheshooks and other supports in dining-rooms, assembly-rooms, cars, and other places, to prevent them from being taken by mistake or from being stolen.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the garment-lock, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then claimed.

A is the face-plate, and B is the back plate, which plates are made in annular form. Upon the outer surface of the face-plate A, near its outer edge and at equal distances apart, are formed a zero, and the numerals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, more or less, in their natural order, and near its inner surface and in the same radial lines with the said zero and numerals are formed recesses, as shown in Fig. 2, for the clickspring, hereinafter described, to engage with. The back plate, 13, is provided with a corre sponding circular row of recesses, which are not shown in the drawings, and may be provided with a zero and numerals, in the same manner as the face-plate A, if desired.

(3 is the stationary hook, the shank of which is rigidly attached to or formed solid with one -in Figs. 3 and at.

of the plates A B. The shank of the hook C is made in the form of a segment of a ring, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and serves to keep the plates A B at the proper distance apart.

D is the movable hook, the shank of which is made in the form of a segment of a'ring, and the said hook is pivoted to and between the plates A B by a rivet, E, which also serves to secure the said plates A B in place. The end of the shank of the movable hook D is made V-shaped,to engage with the recessed forward end of the lever F, which is made in the form of a segment of a ring, and of such a length as to fill the space between the ends of the shanks of the hooks O D. The lever F is pivoted to and between the plates A B by therivet G, which also assists in secu ring thesaid plates A Bin place. The rear end of the lever F is beveled to come to a seat against the beveled end of the shank of the stationary hook 0, when the said lever has come into line with the shanks of the hooks O D.

Upon the outer side of the rear end of the lever F is formed a projection, F, so that the said rear end of the lever can be pushed in ward far enough to swing its forward end out of engagement with the shank of the movable hook D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The lever F is forced out to cause it to engage automatically with the shank of the movable hook D by a spring, F attached to the shank of the hook O, and which presses against the inner side of the rear end of the saidlever, as shown The central openings of the plates A B are covered, respectively, by the cap-plates H I, which are secured to each other and to the said plates A 13 by a rivet, J, passing through holes in the centers of the said cap-plates, and which serves as a pivot for the said cap-plates to turn upon.

Upon the inner sides of the cap-plates H I are formed open-ring flanges H l, of such a size as to fit into the circular openings in the plates A B, and of such a height'that the edges of the two flanges will meet in the center of the space between the two plates A B. \Vhen the openings of the two flanges are brought together and into proper position, the curved prong D, formed upon the eoncaved side of the shank of the movable hook D, will pass through the opening thus formed and allow the said movable hook to be opened, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Vhen the two openings in the flanges H I are not togetheror are not in proper position, the end of the prong D will rest against one or both of the said flanges, and the hook D cannot be opened, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Upon the edges of the cap-plates H I are formed projecting fingers H I", to serve as handles in turning the said platesand as guides 1n adjusting them.

1n the inner surface of each of the cap-plates H I, near its outer edge, is formed an annular groove, K, to receive the wire spring L, which 1s made in the form of a singlecoil spiral sprlng, and has its outer end bent inward radially to enter a recess, K, formed in the inner slde of the grooves K, to prevent the said sprlng from sliding in the said grooves. The other ends of the springs L rest against the nner surfaces of the plates A B, so as to engage with the radial recesses formed in the said plates, and hereinbefore described. As the ends of the springs L drop into the recesses they give a slight sound or click and slightly retard the movement of the capplat-es H I, so that the operator can stop the said plates at exactly the ri ht point.

u 1 In the illustration given in the drawings,

' when the cap-plate H is turned to bring the finger H over the numeral 1, and the cap-plate I is turned to bring the finger I opposite the numeral 2, the openings of the flanges H I will register with each other and will be opposite the prong D of the movable hook D, so that the rear end of the lever F can be pushed inward and the said movable hook swung open. The stationary hook O is then passed through a button-hole or the suspension-loop of the garment, or around some convenient part of the article to be secured, and around the arm of the clothes hook, or some convenient part of the support to which the said garment or article is to be secured. The movable hook D is then closed, and the cap-plates are turned a little way to bring the openings of the flanges H I out of register and away from the prong D, so that the garment cannot be detached without again adjusting the cap-plates H I into the position necessary to allow the movable hook D to be opened. Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a garment-lock, the combination, with the plates A 13, having circles of numerals and provided with a stationary hook, O, of the pivoted'hook D, having prong D, the lever F, pivoted to the said plates between the shanks of the said hooks, and the cap-plates H I, pivoted to the main plates, and having open-ring flanges upon their inner sides and fingers upon their outer edges, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a garment-lock, the combination, with the plates AB, having circles of numerals and corresponding circles of recesses, and provided with a stationary hook, O, a movable hook, I), I 

